Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Women's Soccer Announces Captains for 2008 Season
4/30/2008 8:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
April 30, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Rising-seniors Kelly Boswell (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West), Jennifer Dervarics (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) and Nicole Marotta (Bridgewater, N.J./Mount St. Mary Academy) have been selected to serve as captains for the Bucknell women's soccer team in 2008, head coach Ben Landis announced today.
"Kelly, Jen, and Nicole represent the very best of our team and soccer family and together, we have been through it all since coming to Bucknell together in 2005," said Landis. "During their first fall in 2005, they were big reasons in helping win the Patriot League tournament championship and then followed that by winning the league's regular season title in 2006 and 2007. They each have their own personality on and off the field and provide terrific leadership, fortitude, work ethic, spirit and perseverance that each team member respects and appreciates. I think these three are the perfect choices for our team captains as we move toward reaching new levels of success this fall. They will also benefit by having great leaders throughout our team who will be there to help support them as we will work toward winning the Patriot League tournament in November and returning to the NCAA tournament."
Boswell has appeared in 25 career games with nine starts and totaled seven points as a sophomore in 2006 on two goals and three assists. As an electrical engineering major, she has been named to the Patriot League academic honor roll in each of her first three seasons with the Orange and Blue.
Dervarics enters her senior year coming off a junior campaign that saw her earn SoccerBuzz All-Region and Patriot League Player of the Year recognition after tallying a career-high 30 points on 12 goals and six assists as she started all 20 games last fall for the Bison. Dervarics, a two-time All-Patriot League selection, ranks among the all-time career scoring leaders in program history as she is sixth in points (61) and seventh in goals (24) and assists (13).
Marotta will begin her second year as a team captain this fall and has been a key member of Bucknell's defensive unit over the past three seasons, starting 55 career games and recording nine points on three goals and three assists. A two-time All-Patriot League honoree, Marotta was tabbed as the Patriot-League Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 and received an all-region nod from the NSCAA. Most recently, Marotta was recognized for her performance in the classroom as a member of the 2007 NSCAA Scholar All-East Region third team.
Bucknell will begin its Patriot League title quest on Aug. 22, when the squad will open its 2008 schedule on the road at UMBC.
